Jo Stafford & Liberace--Dickie Valentine--Guy Mitchell--Deep River Boys--Frankie Laine--Joe Loss

 The "Blues" got nearly 100% in this selection !

1. Indiscretion......Jo Stafford & Liberace

2. April And You......Jo Stafford & Liberace

3. In A Golden Coach......Dickie Valentine

4. The Windsor Coach......Dickie Valentine

5. A Dime And a Dollar......Guy Mitchell

6. Tear Down The Mountains......Guy Mitchell

7. Oo Shoo Be Do Be......Deep River Boys

8. The Biggest Fool.......Deep River Boys

9. Cool Water......Frankie Laine

10. Bubbles......Frankie Laine

11. Heartaches......Joe Loss & His Orchestra..(Vocal Howard Jones)

12. The Little Old Mill......Joe Loss 7 His Orchestra..(Vocal Elizabeth Batey)

         7. Oo Shoo Be Do Be

Bill Haley--Beniamino Gigli--Guy Mitchell--Albert Sammons--Dinah Shore--Vaughan Monroe

A musical mixture of styles from rock to 40's band !

1. Se You Later Alligater.......Bill Haley & His Comets

2. The Paper Boy......Bill Haley & His Comets

3. AveMaria......Beniamino Gigli

4. Agnus Dei......Beniamino Gigli

5. Finders Keepers......Guy Mitchell

6. I'd Like To Say A Few Words About Texas......Guy Mitchell

7. Intermezzo......Albert Sammons

8. Serenade......Albert Sammons

9. Too Late Now......Dinah Shore

10. Down In Nashville Tennessee......Dinah Shore

 11. The Very Thought Of You......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

12. There I've Said it Again......Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

Albert Edward Sammons CBE (23 February 1886 – 24 August 1957) was an English violinist, composer and later violin teacher. Almost self-taught on the violin, he had a wide repertoire as both chamber musician and soloist, although his reputation rests mainly on his association with British composers, especially Elgar. He made a number of recordings over 40 years.

Albert Sammons made his first recording in October 1908; his last was made on 16 April 1946 (Edmund Rubbra's 2nd sonata with Gerald Moore). 

Denny Dennis--Guy Mitchell--Walter Glynne--Victor Silvester--Les Paul & Mary Ford--The Beverley Sisters

 A mixed little lot of vocals with a quickstep and a waltz in the middle...Is that Bing on the first track ??

1. Chi-Baba,Chi-Baba......Denny Dennis

2. Danger Ahead......Denny Dennis

3. Sparrow In The Tree Top......Guy Mitchell

4. Christopher Columbus......Guy Mitchell

5. I'll Walk Beside You......Walter Glynne

6. The Valley Where Wishes Come True......Walter Glynne

7. I Begged Her......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

8. Evensong.......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

9. Three Little Words......Les Paul & Mary Ford

10. Moon Of Manakoora.......Les Paul & Mary Ford

11. Hurry Home To Me......The Beverley Sisters

12. Yell For Your Mama......The Beverley Sisters

Denny Dennis (1 November 1913 in Derby – 2 November 1993 in Barrow-in-Furness) was a British romantic vocalist during the 1930s to the 1950s, when British dance bands were at the peak of their popularity. He was a band singer, a solo recording star and a broadcaster.In 1933, he became a featured singer in the Roy Fox band,He worked with Ambrose's orchestra for six months until June 1939 when he decided to go solo, recording for Decca's Rex label.

He made a number of recordings with Stanley Black and his orchestra and these drew him to the attention of Tommy Dorsey. In March 1948 Dennis left the UK to become the featured vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He had a successful time with Dorsey with their recording of "Down by the Station" reaching the Billboard charts in 1949 and peaking in the #11 position. In April 1949 he decided to return to England.

In 1950, he sponsored a close harmony singing group, the Fraser Hayes Four, who had success on radio in the 1960s. As the dance band scene declined, he found work making covers of popular songs for the budget Embassy label.

The Beverley Sisters were an English female close harmony pop vocal and light entertainment trio, consisting of three sisters from London. They were eldest sister Joy (born Joycelyn Victoria Chinery, 5 May 1924 – 31 August 2015), and twins Teddie (born Hazel P. Chinery, 5 May 1927) and Babs (born Babette Patricia Chinery, 5 May 1927 – 28 October 2018). The sisters were each appointed MBE in 2006.

The Beverley Sisters were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and became well-known through their radio and television appearances. Their style was loosely modelled on that of their American counterparts, The Andrews Sisters. 

The sisters are widely credited as having been the highest paid female entertainers in the UK for more than 20 years. In 1952, 1958 and 1978, they appeared at the Royal Variety Performance.

          1. Chi-Baba,Chi-Baba

Jerry Lewis--The Sylvians--Hoagy Carmichael--Guy Mitchell--Robin Richmond--The Merry Macs

 Where's Polly gone I hope she's happy and it's not breezy on the stairs in the Sky !

1. It All Depends On You......Jerry Lewis

2. Let Me Sing And I'm Happy......Jerry Lewis

3. Sitting On The Stairs......The Sylvians

4. Longing For Someone......The Sylvians

5. Ole Buttermilk Sky......Hoagy Carmichael

6. Huggin' And Chalkin......Hoagy Carmichael

7. Chicka Boom......Guy Mitchell

8. Hannah Lee.....Guy Mitchell

9. Hysterics Rag......Robin Richmond

10. The Grey Waltz......Robin Richmond

11. Breezin' Along With The Breeze......The Merry Macs

12. Ma He's Makin' Eyes At Me......The Merry Macs

Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. His success made him a global figure in pop culture and earned him the nickname, "The King of Comedy". He teamed with singer Dean Martin to form the famous Martin and Lewis comedy duo, before moving on as a "one-man" stage act, movie star, filmmaker and singer.

They starred in their own series of 14 new films, At War with the Army (1950), That's My Boy (1951), Sailor Beware (1952), Jumping Jacks (1952), The Stooge (1952), Scared Stiff (1953), The Caddy (1953), Money from Home (1953), Living It Up (1954), 3 Ring Circus (1954), You're Never Too Young (1955), Artists and Models (1955), Pardners (1956) and Hollywood or Bust (1956), all produced by Hal B. Wallis.

Robin Richmond (21 April 1912 – 27 July 1998) was an English cinema organist and BBC Radio presenter and performer.

Richmond regularly performed on the BBC Light Programme, on shows such as Music While You Work, Variety Bandbox and Organ Grinder Swing. He also presented a number of programmes including Housewives' Choice and Jazz Club. On television, he was the resident organist on the quiz show Double Your Money.

The Merry Macs were an American close-harmony pop music quartet active from the 1920s till the 1960s and best known for the hits "Mairzy Doats", "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" and "Sentimental Journey". The group also sang on recordings with Bing Crosby.Vocal quartets had customarily harmonized like barbershop quartets. The Merry Macs revolutionized vocal harmony with closer harmonic chords. This style inspired other groups, like The Modernaires and Six Hits and a Miss. In 1938 The Merry Macs signed with Decca Records and recorded "Pop Goes the Weasel". The Merry Macs (with Carroll) sang a swing version of "Down by the Old Mill Stream" in the 1939 Vitaphone musical Seeing Red, Red Skelton's first film.

          7. Chicka Boom

Guy Mitchell--Vera Lynn--Alma Cogan--Frankie Laine--Harmony Dance Orchestra--The Canadians

 

1. The Roving Kind......Guy Mitchell

2. You're NOt In My Arms Tonight.......Guy Mitchell

3. Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart......Vera Lynn

4. From The Time You Say Goodbye.......Vera Lynn

5. Love And Marriage.......Alma Cogan

6. Sycamore Tree......Alma Cogan

7. Georgia On My Mind......Frankie Laine

8. You're Just The Kind......Frankie Laine

9. Yes Sir That's My Baby.......Harmony Dance Orchestra

10. Cecilia......Harmony Dance Orchestra

11. Only You (And You Alone)......The Canadians

12. Zambesi.......The Canadians

          12. Zambesi

Victor Silvester--Paul Robeson--Howard Keel--Bert Lahr--Guy Mitchell--Sid Phillips--Dave King

2 Columbia's 4 Hmv's  2 MGM's 2 Philips 2 Decca's....all hoping to be downloaded and listened to!!

1. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

2. The Wishing Waltz...Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

3. Water Boy......Paul Robeson

4. Steal Away.....Paul Robeson

5. Rose Marie......Howard Keel

6. I'm A Mountie That Never Got His Man......Bert Lahr

7. Knee Deep In the Blues......Guy Mitchell

8. Take Me Back Baby......Guy Mitchell

9. Shanghai......Sid Phillips & His Band

10. Kissing Bug Boogie......Sid Philips & His Band

11. You Can't Be True To Two......Dave King

12. A Little Bit Independent.......Dave King 

Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 1900 – 14 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.

The lack of what he felt were adequate records for dancing led Silvester in 1935 to form his own five-piece band, later enlarged and named Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, whose first record, "You're Dancing on My Heart" (by Al Bryan and George M. Meyer), sold 17,000 copies and was to become his signature tune.

Irving Lahrheim (August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967), known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the MGM adaptation of The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was well known for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway.

         10 Kissing Bug Boogie

Guy Mitchell--The Excelsior Quartette--Edmund Hockridge--Lee Lawrence--Ronnie Ronalde

Some Colour in this one !....and Gran and Grandad get a mention but we are still dancing and roving in Rome !

1. The Roving Kind......Guy Mitchell

2. Your Not In my Arms Tonight.....Guy Mitchell

3. My Grandfathers Clock......The Excelsior Quartette

4. The Mistletoe Bough......The Excelsior Quartette

5. Congress Dances Part 1......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

6. Congress Dances Part 2......Soloists Chorus & Orchestra

7. By The Fountains Of Rome......Edmund Hockridge

8. I'll Need Your love.......Edmund Hockridge

9. Marta ......Lee Lawrence

10. The World Is Mine Tonight......Lee Lawrence

11. Mockingbird Hill......Ronnie Ronalde

12. Grandmother's Wedding Dress......Ronnie Ronalde

                                             The Excelsior Quartette

This was an African-American vocal group that recorded primarily for Okeh in 1922, although they also recorded two sides for Gennett and two for Black Swan Records as "Excelsior Norfolk Quartette"). Personnel included:....Vernon Jones 1st Tenor...James C. Brown, 2nd Tenor

Johnny Brown, Baritone....C.C. Parker, Bass

Lee Lawrence (born Julius Leon Sirota, 1 September 1920 – 25 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s.He made his first recordings for Decca Records in the late 1940s. His songs included "How Can You Buy Killarney", "Song of Capri", "So Ends My Search For My Dream", all in 1949; "The World is Mine Tonight" (his theme song) in 1950; "With These Hands", "A Beggar in Love", and "Vanity" in 1951; "At Last, At Last" and "The Man in the Black Sombrero" in 1952; "Crying in the Chapel" in 1953; and "Suddenly There's a Valley" in 1955. 

He was a popular attraction on the British variety circuit in the early and mid 1950s, and had his own series on Radio Luxembourg in 1955. After losing popularity to rock and roll performers in Britain, and failing to have a hit with the song "Rock'n'Roll Opera" which parodied such singers as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Tommy Steele, he moved in 1957 to the US, where he performed cabaret shows in the Catskills "Borscht Belt".

          11. Mockingbird Hill

Guy Mitchell--Mary Lou Williams--Spike Jones--Joe Loss & Rose Brennan--Tony Brent--Frank Sinatra--Nat King Cole & June Christy

 Two rags 2 swing series and perhaps Loraine in Blue jeans chanting and laughing and dreaming of Hawaii and the absence of pic's

1. Ninety Nine Years......Guy Mitchell

2. Perfume and Candy And Flowers......Guy Mitchell

3. Rag Of Rags......Mary Lou Williams

4. Laughing Rag......Mary Lou Williams

5. Hawaiian War Chant.....Spike Jones

6. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans.....Spike Jones

7. Pianolo......Joe Loss & His Orchestra

8. My Darling My Darling......Joe loss & Orch with Rose Brennan

9. Make It Soon.....Tony Brent

10. Any Old Time......Tony Brent

11. Sweet Lorraine......Frank Sinatra

12. Nat Meet June.....Nat King Cole & June Christy

          7. Pianolo

Guy Mitchell--Eve Young--Frank Sinatra--Beniamino Gigli--Kenny Baker--Walter Huston.

 With a dollar and a cake we and Fickle Belle sail the Ocean in September going South to the stars.. getting lost !

1. Belle Belle My Liberty Belle......Guy Mitchell

2. Sweetheart Of Yesterday......Guy Mitchell

3. Silver Dollar......Eve Young

4. I'd Have Baked a Cake......Eve Young

5. South Of The Border......Frank Sinatra

6. I've Got The World On A String.....Frank Sinatra

7. La Donna e Mobile (Woman is Fickle )......Beniamino Gigli

8. E Lucevan La Stelle (The Stars Are Shining)......Beniamino Gigli

9. Al The Things You Are.....Kenny Baker

10. How Deep Is The Ocean......Kenny Baker

11. September Song......Walter Huston

12. Lost In The Stars......Walter Huston

Eva Nadauld (September 1, 1923 – November 3, 2010), known professionally as Eve Young early in her career, and later as Karen Chandler, was an American singer of popular music during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, best known for her 1952 hit, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".

In 1950 in the UK she had her biggest successes in that year, with "(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake" and "Silver Dollar (Roll, Roll, Roll)", in both cases credited to Eve Young & The Homesteaders, each reaching the top of the UK sheet music charts in 1950. (Charts based on record sales did not start in Britain until 1952.)

Kenny Baker MBE (1 March 1921 – 7 December 1999) was an English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and a composer.

Baker was first heard on record in a British public jam session in 1941 and quickly established a strong reputation in London clubs. He was brass band trained and had faultless technical command. The young Baker was lead trumpeter with Ted Heath's post war orchestra.

His career saw him play with alongside Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Tony Bennett. He also performed on James Bond soundtracks.

A notable appearance on soundtrack for Baker was a long hot trumpet solo mimed by Kay Kendall  in the 1954 film Genevieve. 

Walter Thomas Huston (April 5, 1883 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer. Huston won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He is the patriarch of the four generations of the Huston acting family, including his son John, grandchildren Anjelica Huston, Danny Huston, Allegra Huston, and great-grandchild Jack Huston. 

He performed "September Song" in the original Broadway production of Knickerbocker Holiday (1938). Huston's recording of "September Song" is heard repeatedly in September Affair 

   4. I'd Have Baked A Cake.

The Kaye Sisters--Guy Mitchell--Lonnie Donegan--Band Of H.M. Welsh Guards--Frank Sinatra--Bing Grosby & Jane Wyman.

 Maiden Floradora Zinging a song under the moon with ricky tick who is crazy and strange racing for that gap but fell into the trap weeping !

1. The Ricky Tick Song......The Kaye Sisters

2. Dark Moon......The Kaye Sisters

3. Singing The Blues......Guy Mitchell

4. Crazy With Love......Guy Mitchell

5. Cumberland Gap...... Lonnie Donegan

6. Love Is Strange......Lonnie Donegan

7. Florodora Part 1......Band Of H.M.Welsh Guards

8. Florodora Part 2......Band Of H.M. Welsh Guards

9. The Tender Trap......Frank Sinatra

10. Weep They Will......Frank Sinatra

11. Zing A Little Song......Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman

12. The Maiden Of Guadalupe......Jane Wyman

The Kaye Sisters were a trio of British pop singers, who scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Kaye Sisters were formed in 1954. They got their name and their start in the music industry from their manager, Carmen Kaye. They were also often billed as The Three Kayes or just The Kayes. The three members dressed in matching dress outfits and wore the same blonde haircuts, and became a popular vocal group on par with the Beverley Sisters.

The trio were headliners in top London cabaret clubs such as Churchill's and the Colony Club, and in variety supported such leading stars as Frankie Howerd, Tommy Cooper and Ken Dodd. They were popular in Blackpool summer seasons throughout the 1960s and 1970s, where they co-starred with Josef Locke, Dick Emery and, in two seasons, with Larry Grayson. In 1992, they returned to the resort to top the bill of the South Pier's Golden Showstoppers.

They appeared with Judy Garland in the 1957 Royal Variety Show, and in the United States appeared as guests on The Ed Sullivan Show. 

Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles.

His first hit was "My Heart Cries for You" (1951). Other hits included "Heartaches by the Number", "Rock-a-Billy" (a crossover into the rock and roll field), "The Same Old Me", and his biggest hit, "Singing the Blues", which was number one for 10 weeks in 1956.

Mitch Miller, in charge of talent at Columbia Records, noticed Cernik in 1950. He joined Columbia and took his new stage name at Miller's urging: Miller supposedly said, "my name is 'Mitchell' and you seem a nice 'guy', so we'll call you Guy Mitchell.

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.

Jane Wyman ( born Sarah Jane Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist. She received an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

6. Love Is Strange